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    Taku Glacier (Lingít: T'aaḵú Ḵwáan Sít'i) is a tidewater glacier located in Taku Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, just southeast of the city of Juneau...
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    front of the glacier and continue to build, keeping the calving rate low. In the case of the most glaciers such as the Taku Glacier the glacier will eventually...
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    source of many glaciers, including the Mendenhall Glacier and the Taku Glacier. The icefield is home to over 40 large valley glaciers and 100 smaller...
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    Surprise Glacier (Alaska Range) - Alaska Range Taku Glacier - Taku River/Juneau Icefield Tana Glacier Tatina Glacier - Kichatna Mountains Tazlina Glacier Ted...
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    Glacier, 5.4 km (3.4 mi); Gilkey Glacier, 3.5 km (2.2 mi); Norris Glacier, 1.1 km (0.68 mi) and Lemon Creek Glacier, 1.5 km (0.93 mi). Taku Glacier has...
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    continuous mass balance study of any glacier in North America. Taku is the world's thickest known temperate alpine glacier, and experienced positive mass balance...
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  • Durham and as Taku, a former fort of the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Taku River the Taku Glacier, in Alaska near Juneau Taku Towers, in Alaska...
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    Juneau, widening to a basin where discharge from the Taku River and Taku Glacier emerges. Taku Inlet is suitable for use only for shallow draft river...
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    caused Muir Glacier to collapse into the bay, filling it and making it less accessible and attractive to tourists. After 1900, Taku Glacier became a popular...
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    The Twin Glacier Camp, also known as the Twin Glacier Lodge and now Taku Glacier Lodge, is a historic wilderness recreation complex in Juneau Borough...
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    Canal via the Gilkey River, whereas the south slope is surrounded by the Taku Glacier. Topographic relief is significant as the north face rises 4,500 feet...
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    Bridge & Dry Dock Company in Seattle, Washington, the M/V Taku is named after Taku Glacier which is located just southeast of Juneau, Alaska, and has...
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    managed by Tongass National Forest. The Taku Range is a north-south trending ridge on the edge of the Taku Glacier. The mountain's name was in local use...
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    agriculture. High-latitude or high-elevation snowpacks contribute mass to glaciers in their accumulation zones, where annual snow deposition exceeds annual...
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  • stream named Zipper Creek runs between them. Ice thickness studies of Taku Glacier were conducted near the hills in 1989, 1990, and 1993. Nancy Bartley...
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    managed by Tongass National Forest. The Taku Range is a north-south trending ridge on the edge of the Taku Glacier. The mountain was named in 1964 by members...
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    Fred Beckey, John Rupley, Dave Beckstead, and Ray Ketcham via the upper Taku Glacier. Based on the Köppen climate classification, The Tusk is located in a...
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    managed by Tongass National Forest. The Taku Range is a north–south trending ridge on the edge of the Taku Glacier. This mountain was named in 1964 by members...
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  • origin is in the Brassiere Hills. It flows southward past Taku Glacier and ends at the head of Taku Inlet. Nancy Bartley of The Seattle Times attributes the...
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    Taku River fills Tulsequah Lake during peak flow, causing lake outburst events most years. As the lake swells the water can float or melt the glacier...
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  • (1971R) Taku River C-6 (1995) Taku River C-5 (1960) Juneau B-4 Juneau B-3 (1949) Juneau B-2 (1949) Juneau B-1 (1997) Taku River B-6 (1994) Taku River B-5...
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  • April 2020. "TAB Express Airlines". rzjets. Retrieved 17 October 2019. "Taku Glacier Air Gold". StanWing. Retrieved 11 May 2020. "Talkeetna Air Service"....
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    managed by Tongass National Forest. The Taku Range is a north–south trending ridge on the edge of the Taku Glacier. This mountain was named in 1964 by members...
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    sample that is typically removed from an ice sheet or a high mountain glacier. Since the ice forms from the incremental buildup of annual layers of snow...
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    from Prince William Sound to Glacier Bay in southeast Alaska, with a few sightings as far east as Juneau, Alaska, and the Taku River that flows between British...
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    Slanting Peak is surrounded by the North Branch Norris Glacier to its west, and Taku Glacier on the east, and set on land managed by Tongass National...
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    of Alaska are of Tlingit heritage. Taku Tlingit are enrolled in the Douglas Indian Association in Alaska and the Taku River Tlingit First Nation in Canada...
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    American Geographical Society expedition to the Taku Glacier in 1950. Fresh water, drawn from the glacier, was used as the drilling fluid, and three holes...
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    U.S. state of Alaska. Snowpatch Crag is a nunatak surrounded by the Taku Glacier, and is situated near the west side of the Juneau Icefield, 25 mi (40 km)...
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  • Ranges of the Coast Mountains in western North America. It is near the Taku Glacier, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) northwest of Echo Pass and 14 miles (23 km) north...
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